--- title: Five To Save | Disruption Is The Mother Of Adjustment description: As every other industry is put on pause, healthcare workers do even more heavy lifting to make up for the lack of resources to combat COVID-19. image: https://www.z5inventory.com/hubfs/FTS%20-%20innovation%20disruption-1.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-disruption-is-the-mother-of-innovation#main-content) [![Group 1211](https://www.z5inventory.com/hubfs/Group%201211.png)](https://www.z5inventory.com) - [Solutions](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions) - [Z5 Count](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-1) - [Z5 Fixed Asset](https://www.z5inventory.com/solution/fixedassetcount) - [Z5 Analytics](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0) - [Z5 Optimization](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-0) - [Who We Serve](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2022) - Company - [About Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact-2021) - [Contact Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact) - [Careers](https://www.z5inventory.com/careers) - [Blog](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog) - [Login](https://prod.z5development.com/) # Five To Save | Disruption Is The Mother Of Adjustment [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) 3/16/2020 ![FTS - innovation disruption-1](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%20innovation%20disruption-1.jpg?width=823&name=FTS%20-%20innovation%20disruption-1.jpg) We need lighthearted gifs now more than ever. As every other industry is basically put on pause to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, healthcare workers and those who support them still have a job to do. There's even more heavy lifting, actually, to make up for the lack of resources.  But, just as necessity is the mother of invention, disruption is the mother of innovation. Or, as brains burnt out by overworking might say: "When you don't have that much stuff, you still have to figure out how to do stuff."  Let's get to some articles written by people managing to keep their faculties in spite of adversity, shall we? 1. [Patients are stealing PPE supplies](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/supply-chain/patients-stealing-hand-sanitizer-face-masks-from-hospitals.html). (Which is just one more reason that we're [giving away our Z5 Count software](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/do-you-know-where-your-ppe-product-is) to any hospital that needs it during this crisis.)  [![Start Counting For Free](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2614227/fa271700-1b49-407f-997c-d7e6bca8792f.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2614227/fa271700-1b49-407f-997c-d7e6bca8792f) 2. Hospitals are being encouraged to [share their inventory levels](http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=813984872) so that they can share with each other according to need. Gee, what a swell idea. If only [someone had thought of it sooner](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-reallocate).  3. But - if you have the equipment - following proper infection control procedures has been [proven extremely effective against COVID-19](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/protecting-healthcare-workers-from-covid-19-infection-control-works).  4. The good news: the load may be lighter for non-coronavirus-related cases. The bad news: that's because [patients are canceling procedures](https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/doctors-report-canceled-procedures-amid-covid-19).  5. So what can we learn from this disruption? That we can [keep disruption out in the future](https://www.benzinga.com/news/20/03/15528408/ounce-of-prevention-may-avoid-pounds-of-covid-19-pain-in-supply-chains) if we plan for it.  Here's your obligatory final reminder that we're [giving away our inventory count software](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/do-you-know-where-your-ppe-product-is) to anyone who needs to keep a closer eye on their personal protective equipment. 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